10/1/2006

Filed under: The Quilt World by site admin

If you would like to listen to the wonderful New Zealand accent, tune in to the audio replay on New Zealand National Radio of a recent interview with leading quilt artists. At the Wellington (New Zealand’s capital city) Academy of Fine Arts, a quilt exhibition (Capital Quilters Exhibition) was held, which encompassed not only the traditional, but contemporary forms of quilting and textiles. Of special interest was the use of recycled fabrics. The women who were interviewed all have important places in the New Zealand textile community and their thoughts and ideas were most interesting and enlightening. I found it also of great note that the male interviewer on National Radio spoke with respect and intelligence concerning textile art within New Zealand. You have to listen to two other short interviews before the one on quilting but then it will give you a taste of what the artistic environment is like in New Zealand! Go to: http://www.radionz.co.nz/nr/programmes/afternoons/20060928 and scroll down to Arts Report With Justin Gregory and click on. I hope you will enjoy the international flavour. Karen